The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-12
TALK ABOUT MEN.
Gossip Regarding Some of the Persons About
Whom Things Are Heard.


It is pretty generally understood that the
scheming for the conspirators in the Senate is
done by Col. James H. Rice, the newly.elected
chairman OF the Democratic State central com
mittee, but many of his friends on the outside
are disposed to doubt his responsibility for the
needless and selfruinous plans that the Demo
cratic revolutonists are now trying to carry out,
because he is believed to be man of too much
saeacity and common sense to advise such
course of proceeding. He has for several years
been a sort of handspring in the machine
organization of Indiana Democracy, and since
the campaign of 1880 he has been sachem in the
State councils of Democratic politicians. In 1882
and 1854, among the politicians who sat around
the party headquarters and had idea they
were saving the county, there was much talk
about the secret work that was being done in a
room at one of the hotels by the mysterious Mr..
Rice and two or three trusted leutenants. When
he became anxious about his health at the close
of the last campaign and went to Hot Springs,
Just ct the time the Democratic poll
tlcians began to receive the disheartening
news from the State election, there
was howl for Rice to come to the party's res
cue. and aid the Democratic committee of safety
in snatching legislative candidates from the jaws
OF defeat. There was great deal of vigorous
language and Democratic money wasted on tele-
grams begging him to return, but 1.-THE practical
politician as he calls himself was then think
| ing more about saving himself than his party
| was restored sufficiently to give
| him assurance of more vigorous
existence. He possesses all of the elements of
| character of thorough politician, and his
will always be blindly carried out by his polti-
| cal servants, because he has commanding force
| in his manner of executing plans that iss proof
against any antagonsm from his followers. He
| is heartily in sympathy with the Indiana Demo
Gratis who are so bitterly opposed to the
civil-service policy to which the admins
tration is committed, and when a leading
| Democrat from Southern Indiana appeaiEd to
| him a day two ago to give his support TO the
State cvil-service bill. because, if the party did
| not show come disposition to indorse the policy
| it would be slap in the face of Cleveland,
| Rice very emphatcally remarked, That's what
| We want to give him."
| One of the most successful business men on
Meridian street is Louis Hollweg, of the queens
| ware firm of Hollweg & Reese. Twenty years
ago Mr.. Holweg, with an insignificant capital
| perhaps less than $200-began business, selling
jugs and crockery. It is scarcely likely that any
one who saw the young Germans small business
venture could by any ordinary use of the imag-
inatior ever deem it possible great enter
prise as now exists bearing his name could come
| ".
and obligine, and the Wholesale men began pat
ronizing his jug depot, instead of buying else
| where, as had been their custom. AS time vent
on he added glass and queensware, and people
began to notice that this quiet, modest and at
tentive Young man was making his way in the
world. There was longfe want for a.whole-
| sale queensware house, and Louis
| Hollweg was growing to fill IT,.
In few years he had widespread reputation
for business energy, and was able to sell against
surrounding competiting cities. few years
| ago Holweg u Reese made an agreement with
the manufacturers of a certain kink of fruit jar
To take all the factory would make during the
year. 1t proved to be great year for fruit and
the demand for this pattern of glass jar was
enormous Hollweg & Reese began selling
| them a. 81 a gross and the demand growing
greater they advanced and continued to advance
the price until they finally sold them at $50 a
gross That year the firm of Hollweg & Reese
cleared over $4,000 on that one pattern of fruit
jar alone. Mr.. Hollweg is on the best of terms
with every body the street. He is fair,
even to the utmost stretch OF liberality, as will
be shown by a sample narrative. Mr.. Hollweg,
no great while ago, was extremely DESTROYS Of
buying a business block on Meridian street. He
had made up his mind what he was willing to
give and had heard of piece of property tina,
was for sale. When about to open negotiations
he found that neighbor, A. B. Conduit. was
about to close trade and buy the property
Though Mr. Holwegg was ready and willing K
give So, 600 more than Mr.. Conduit had offered
!
pass into tho hands of the grocer. This.was NJ
small matter of self-abnegation in a keen bust
ness man. who is always fully alive to his owl
interests.
NJ W Barnett, editor of the Madison Herald
, has been at the Grand for two or three days
aiding the Democratic majority in the Senate ii
3 connecting schemes. Mr.. Barnett is native O
Hendricks county, and was at one time edito
I and publisher Of the Danville Gazette Fiy
: years ago he went to Madison and purchase
the Daily Herald, which losing money wit
, amazing regularity. He has built the paper II
income. When the old Republican postmaste
was turned ont for offensive psrtisanship,n tw
years ago, Mr.. Barnett was rewarded Tor his poll
zeal services by being given the Office, which b
: still holds.
Jacob FL. Fleece, the Republican Representa-
a tive from Hendricks county, is one of the mos
8 unassuming men in the Assembly. He is ser,
ing mis- third term in the House, and has AWAY
. made his home at the Occidental during the SCI
J. sion. He isn't man who talks great dea
q less he is called ont among them on bushes
Il His ability is shown to best advantage in con
nittee work. Mr.. Fleece is farmer and b
hard work has amassed considerable wealth
n Archibald Kennedy Senator from Rush an
y Hancock, is a sturdy old citizen full of dry wi
r, at times sharp a tack and keep as bria
l. From his sedste appearance he would hardly